York Supervisors nix paid parking proposal at Riverwalk Landing

April 24, 2014|By Ali Rockett, alrockett@dailypress.com

The York County Board of Supervisors rejected a paid parking proposal after learning of the "vehement" opposition by Riverwalk Landing merchants.

During the board's retreat earlier this month, economic development director Jim Noel told the supervisors that the Economic Development Authority was considering a park-and-pay system at the Riverwalk Landing deck to alleviate some of the strain on businesses, which lose customers during busy summer days to beachgoers filling in the nearby lot.

"We found out that it would be a very profitable system," Noel said.

While he didn't say how much installing a pay-and-park system would cost, he said the county would get its money back in three to four months.